Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-06
THE ELECTION.
Returns Up to an Early
Hour This Morning.
NEXT COUNCIL DEMOCRATIC.
A Heavy Vote P0lled All Over
The City--A Quiet Day at
the Polls,
THE ELECTION.
NEXT COUNCIL DEMOCRATIC

Yesterdays election, while the most
interesting of any of the local elections
ever held in Los Angeles, passed off
very quietly. There was scarcely q
disturbance at the polling places, and
the few arrests recorded elsewhere
were not of particular interest. 1t was
expected that the vote would be quite
heavy, but no one imagined that there
would be such general turning out
of voters. The issues at stake APP
peared to have created such an I'M
usual interest in the minds OF the
voters that they visited the polling
. places in constant stream from the
time they were opened until the clos
ing hour. At one minute past 8
o'clock, an hour after sunr Sc, the
polls were opened, and at that time
there were long lines waiting to
cast their ballots. 1t was expected
that after the first squirt the lines
would decrease and voting become
less heavy, but this was not the case.
While in some places the lines were
kept down there was a constant
stream OF voters, and the clerks and
other election officers did not have
much idle time. 1t had been an
nou Nced that the sun would set at a
quarter 70 O'Clock, and those who
desired to vote had deposited their
ballots before that time, so that
when the closing hour came
the voting had almost ceased.
The ladies as announced.
turned out in full force and graced
the street corners with their presence.
They we're literally provided with
bouionnierres, which they bestowed
proniscuously, and soc result OF the
count shows that Il Use flowers were
not without their influence. Their
stands We're, as a general thing, sur
rounded hy gentlemen, and they man
aged to distribute good many tickets
du ing the day.
Early in the day the Republicans
gave up Il g fight, and even the
most sanguine, at noon, did not
claim that more than four
Republican Councilman would be
elected. This number decreased as
the day wore on, until late last night
they began to doubt that they would
elect one. All day long the workers
Of all the parties buised themselves
in distributing tickets and in flying
from end of the city to the other,
Voters were instructed where to find
polling places, and in many instances
they were personally accompanied to
the correct precincts. The saloons
were all closed during voting hours,
and there was hardly q disturbance
Of an kind that requires particular
ylention.
In the Fifth ward there was quite
an exciting episode, which ended
without bloodshed. Posters and cir
cnlars had been printed relative to
DR.. Sinsa bauyh, the Repuhlican-Pro-
hibition candidate as follows:
"To Property Holders Of the Fifth
Ward-Nt tice: 1t is currently re
ported. generally believed and not de-
MED that the assessment OF $3.50
levied upon H. Sinsabaugh, Republi-
can candidate fer Councilman in the
Fifth ward, has been paid by the
Electric Railway Company. What
does this mean? All property-holders
along the line OF said railway and its
poles will readily understand this
move. A word to the wise is suffi-
Gent"
DR.. Sinsabaugh took exception to
a,.I ,,n,al fhnr,, Ac hn
making off with them, MIR. Glowner
stepped up and took them back. For
time it appeared as if there would be
war, but matters cleared off and the
ward became as quiet as before. At
precinct A, of the Third ward, the
Sixth Street car stables, j. Johnson
was arrested for voting illega ly after
number had been challenged. The
Democratic vorkers were on the look
out for fraudulent voters in the pre-
cinct, and challenged about sixty in
all. johnson was not entitled to
vote, and was therefore arrested.
One or two arrests were made for
the selling of liquor during voting
hours and the arrested parties depos-
tied bail in $50 each.
A number of Democratic tickets IN
the Third ward were found printed
with Builingame's name in place OF
one Of the Democratic nominees: 1t
was also stated that the Prohibition
ticket had been counterfeited In the
same way, but the voters were fully
alive to this proceeding and the vote
shows how poorly the ruse succeeded.
The counting of the votes com
menced at 5 O'Clock and it was then
apparent that the end would not be
reached until late hour this morn
ing. The vote was much heavier than
was expected. and although the clerks
hurried up they were unable to COM
plete their counts.
The vote at an early hour this morn
ing showed that the complexion OF the
next City Council will be Democratic
by large majority, and that all but
one of the members OF the Board OF
Education ON the Democratic tlcket
have received majority.
The following tables showed the
vote for Counc,lmen as far as counted
last night. There were then less than
about one-half of the vote counted.
The vote Of the city is as follows: